Legal Administrative Specialist

With a talented workforce of over 100,000 people, the mission of the Department of Justice is to uphold the rule of law, keep our country safe, and protect civil rights. You will be part of a dedicated team enforcing Federal criminal laws to protect life, liberty, and the property of citizens. For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys’ Offices, visit http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.

You must meet the qualification requirements listed below.

To be eligible at the GS 7 level, you must have at least one year of Specialized Experience equivalent to the GS-5 level; or Education, or a Combination of Education and Experience.

Specialized experience is defined as experience assisting with computerized presentations using a variety of software packages including database, spreadsheet, trial presentation, audio editing and video editing applications; supporting attorneys in preparing for court such as preparing exhibits, subpoenas, information requests, pleadings and/or correspondence; or preparing discovery productions, including scanning, processing, and coding documents.

Education One of the following types of education in any field:
One full year of graduate level education or a bachelor’s degree (or expect to complete within 9 months all the requirements for a bachelor’s degree) AND meet one of the following Superior Academic Achievement provisions: (1) class standing in the upper one-third of the graduating class; (2) a grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher as recorded on your official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum;

or a GPA of 3.5 or higher based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or (3) election to a membership in a national scholastic honor society.

To be eligible at the GS-9 level, you must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service; or two full years of progressively higher level graduate education or master's degree in a field to include, but not limited to information technology, computer science, criminal justice, law, English, history, paralegal studies, sociology, or degree programs in the humanities, social sciences and STEM;

or an equivalent graduate degree such as an LL.B or J.D.; or a combination of both specialized experience and education as explained below.

Specialized Experience involves performing the following types of duties: performing routine litigation support assignments such as assisting with organizing case information (i.e., scanning and creating CDs); assisting attorneys in preparing for court such as preparing exhibits, compiling trial notebooks, compiling witness and exhibit lists and preparing computerized trial presentations and exhibits; verifying citations; conducting research, analysis and evaluation of data in response to requests;

using automated legal research tools such as Westlaw, Lexis, as well as public information databases to perform basic research of case‑specific legal matters; preparing a variety of legal documents; or managing discovery.

A combination of experience and graduate level education can be used if, when combined, are equivalent to 100% of the qualification requirement. Only graduate level education in excess of the first full year can be used in this calculation. To calculate your percentage of graduate education, first determine the total number of graduate level hours that exceed 18 semester hours (or your school's definition of one year of graduate study), then divide the total number of your excess graduate semester hours by 18 (or your school's definition of one year of graduate study).

To calculate your percentage of specialized experience, divide the total number of months of qualifying experience by 12. Now, add the two percentages together. The sum of the percentages must equal at least 100%.

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